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fastened on the stem of a tree. Also a small beetle, Semiclaviger 

 sikora, Wasmann, which came out of this nest, and is a guest of 

 C. schenki. — Mr. C. B. Williams, specimens of the genus Acerentulus^ of 

 the order Protura. — Mr. E. B. Ashby, a female of Dryas pandora, with 

 darkly suffused underside hind wing, very near the ab. lilacina, 

 Obth., from La Granja; also an aberration of Melitaa athalia, from 

 Hinterzarten, belonging to the eos group of aberrations of this 

 species. — The following papers were read: — " Descriptions of South 

 American Micro-Lepidoptera," by E. Meyrick, B.A., E.E.S., F.E.S. ; 

 " A Eevision of the TipuHd Genus Shjringomyia," by F. W. Edwards, 

 F.E.S. — Geo. Wheelek, M.A., Hon. Sec. 



The South London Entomological and Natural History 

 Society.— .4_priZ 23rd.— Mr. B. H. Smith, B.A., F.E.S., President, in 

 the chair. — A special exhibition of Orders other than Lepidoptera. 

 — Mr. C. W. Colthrup exhibited a large collection of British land 

 sliells. — Mr. Stanley Edwards, numerous large and conspicuous 

 species of exotic Coleoptera and Hymenoptera. — Mr. Ashdown, a 

 collection of Swiss Coleoptera, including forty species of Longicornia 

 taken by himself. — Mr. Gibbs, the lantern-flies Fulgoria lanternaria 

 and other conspicuous insects sent to him from British Honduras 

 among a collection of butterflies and moths. — Mr. Step, male and 

 female Asilus crabroniformis, a predaceous Dipteron, with Tachinus 

 grossa and T. fera, two hairy flies which attack larvae. — Mr. West 

 (Greenwich), thirteen drawers of the Society's reference collection 

 (Coleoptera, Orthoptera, Neuroptera, Hymenoptera, and Hemiptera), 

 a box of typical examples of Diptera presented to the Society by Mr. 

 Andrews, and his own collection of British Homoptera. — Mr. C. B, 

 Williams, the beetle Lochmaa suturalis, on heather from Cheshire, 

 and willow-stems damaged by larvae of Cecidomyia salici-perda. — 

 Mr. Andrews, the following very rare Diptera, and contributed 

 notes : — Lisj^e pygmaa, Fall., Limnophora astuum, VilL, Macronychia 

 griseola, Fall, all from Porthcawl, Phorbia parva, Ztt., from 

 Chattenden, Fannia ciliata, Stein., from Milford, and Chirosia 

 parvicornis, Ztt., from North Kent.- -Mr. Dennis, photograph of 

 plant-galls. — Mr. E. E. Green, many species of Coccidse, largely from 

 Ceylon, with coloured drawings of their life-histories. — Mr. B. Adkin, 

 pieces of bark showing depredations of the Homoptera Chermes 

 corticalis on larch, and G. viridis on Weymouth pine. — Mr. Moore, 

 nine hundred and twenty-five mites of the genus Gamisus taken from 

 a beetle. — Hy. J. Turner, Hon. Bep. Sec. 



Lancashire and Cheshire Entomological Society. — Meeting 

 held at the Koyal Institution, Colquit Street, Liverpool, March 16th, 

 1914. — Mr. B. Wilding, President, in the chair. — Professor Robert 

 Newstead, M.Sc, F.R.S., gave a lecture entitled " Some Observations 

 on the Natural History of Nyassaland." The lecture, which dealt 

 with the Professor's own experiences during an expedition undertaken 

 to discover the breeding habits of the Glossinidae, was most interesting, 

 especially the account of the finding of the first pupa of Glossinia 

 viorsitans, and of the connection between this fly and sleeping sickness 

 and " ngana." A capital photograph shown on the screen recorded 



